Heroes: Giants of Early Guitar Rock

DION | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 30, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Saguaro Road Records
• ASIN: B001DXF9N6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,242 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #13 in Music > Pop > Oldies > Doo Wop
  • #49 in Music > Rock > Rock Guitarists
  • #95 in Music > Rock > Oldies & Retro

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Summertime Blues

2. Come On, Let's Go

3. Rave On

4. Believe What You Say

5. Bye Bye Love

6. Be-Bop-A-Lula

7. Runaway

8. Jailhouse Rock

9. I Walk The Line

10. Blue Suede Shoes

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. DVD of Dion's memories of his heroes

Editorial Reviews

Dion's 2008 Heroes CD and bonus DVD capture vibrant, personal reflections of early Rock 'N' Roll and the guitar greats that have influenced generations. Hand-selected by Dion, the songs of Heroes include 15 early rock classics. All of the artists he pays tribute to have been included into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Elvis Presley, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Ritchie Valens, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and the Everly Brothers. The DVD features Dion's vivid, compelling stories of the early days of Rock 'N' Roll, giving a history lesson of the most exciting kind, bringing new life to the work of a great guitar innovators who continue to inspire others.

Customer Reviews

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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How Many Artists Get BETTER Over A Stellar Career?, September 30, 2008

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Mel Smetko "Worth Listening To" (US, Eh?) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heroes: Giants of Early Guitar Rock (Audio CD)

Not too many. Dion is definately one. Everything he's done since YO, FRANKIE has been pure rockin' GOLD, and this album is no exception.

Great songs, by a GREAT artist who deserves to have more people know that he is simply BETTER THAN EVER. (PLUS a terrific DVD as a bonus). Sample these songs. Buy this record. Then go back for YO,FRANKIE, DEJA NEW, the incredible NEW MASTERS, his Blues albums--BRONX IN BLUE, and SON OF SKIP JAMES, and the best Christmas album of all-time: ROCK N' ROLL CHRISTMAS.

When you're done with all that, get the DION:LIVE IN CONCERT DVD, and then find a way to see him LIVE yourself.

Yeah, I guess I like Dion. He's one of my very favorite artists, but it's not just some oldies nostalgia trip---I mean, sure--he was one of the greatest of the early rockers, no doubt. But all these albums, even the covers and re-dos of his own classics are a brand new experience that equal or surpass his early work. He's never sounded better, and he's got a hipper-than-ever, blues-laden approach that just electrifies his material. He's cool, he's honest, and he's fun.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cosmic Nostalgia, October 14, 2008

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Terry Goldman "Bluesjew4847" (Kents Store, VA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Heroes: Giants of Early Guitar Rock (MP3 Download)

Dion Dimucci is rapidly entering his eigth decade as a musical artist/icon who has had the great opportunity to know other similar artists of the Rock N' Roll world.

This is a two fold purchase.You get the CD of "covers"....15 famous songs by the artists who shaped Rock AND a splendid DVD where Dion plays (superbly) and jams and reminisces about those guitar picking artists who shaped the music that would change the world.

He remembers rightly the poets....Chuck Berry ("Little Rock and Roller" is the best number on the CD followed closely by Roy Orbison's "Dream Baby" and Johnny Cash's "I Walk the Line." He pays homage to the guitar veterans whose work so well defined the era, James Burton, Scotty Moore and the like. He fondly recalls time spent with these founding fathers of R & R and their "Strats, Gretch's and Martin guitars" while on tour or in NY.

A side note is the wonderful blues guitar playing that also helps to cement and define Dion as a master of the genre.A terrific CD with a more terrific DVD. I could listen to Dion recall his memories of the era till the cows come home.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Gem from Dion, November 4, 2008

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G. Reynolds "Geoff" (Warwick, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heroes: Giants of Early Guitar Rock (Audio CD)

It is not easy to bring something fresh, to those of a certain age, to such familiar songs as Rave On, Jailhouse Rock, Bye Bye Love etc. The fact that Dion manages and understands what is is about the songs and the artists that originally made them says a great deal about how he approaches his own music. I thoroughly enjoyed this album, never once feeling that Dion had sullied my memories of what was to me a golden age of music. Highly recommended